United States should ratify United Nations treaty on children’s rights
by AMAL CHEEMA ’17, Staff Writer For the past 30 years, the United States, in company with South Sudan and…
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Despite anger from foreign leaders, National Security Agency will continue spying
by MARIAJOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ-PLIEGO, Staff Writer Last week, Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald leaked confidential information about the National Security Agency’s (NSA)…
Read MoreWhy the PKU partnership is good for Wellesley
By Charles Bu, Professor of Mathematics In June 2013, a group of Wellesley students and faculty traveled to Beijing under a…
Read MoreSochi Olympics provide venue for peaceful protest rather than boycott
By SRAVANTI TEKUMALLA ’16 Staff Writer In the wake of recent LGBT protests in Russia, Olympic athletes making statements in…
Read MoreClimate change report shows need for fossil fuel divestment
By ELLEN BECHTEL ’14 Contributing Writer Less than a month ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its…
Read MoreO’Connor’s open letters to Miley Cyrus encourage objectification of girls
By Tala Nashawati ’17 Staff Writer Licking a sledgehammer, swinging around on a wrecking ball while naked and wearing as…
Read MoreLike divestment from apartheid, fossil fuel divestment will effect change
By ACE WANG ’14 Contributing Writer Last spring, I spent hours pouring over news clippings of student protests in the…
Read MoreSTAFF EDITORIAL: Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to Malala Yousafzai
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee recently made the decision to award the prize to the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition…
Read MoreLetter to the editor
To the editors: When I arrived to Wellesley as a first-year, one of the first things I did was speak…
Read MoreTHE CONSERVATIVE CORNER: Republicans not to blame for government shutdown
By RACHEL HARRIS ’14 Contributing Columnist In the wake of Congress’ inability to come to a budgeting agreement for the…
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